About Nerio Bernardi
Lived 1899 – 1971 (aged 71). Nerio Bernardi was an Italian film actor, voice actor and actor.
Nerino "Nerio" Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Bernardi started his acting career in 1918 with a local film company, Felsina Film. Specialized in young lover roles, he soon became very popular and in high demand by other companies, being even signed by Fox Film for two Violet Mersereau vehicles, Nero and The Shepherd King.
In 1923, Bernardi left silent cinema to focus on theater, where he worked with Alda Borelli, Maria Melato, Max Reinhardt, and Renato Simoni, among others. He made his film comeback in 1934, being since then mainly cast in character roles. In 1943, to escape World War II, he moved to Spain, where he started a dog grooming business. Returned in Italy in 1947, he reprised his career, notably working on stage with Ermete Zacconi, Luchino Visconti, Ruggero Ruggeri, and Vittorio Gassman. Between 1952 and 1969, he was a professor at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.
Selected filmography
Marinella (1918) Rebus (1918) Il gorgo fascinatore (1919) La casa in rovina (1920) Il mulino (1920) Musica profana (1920) La buona figliola (1920) La modella (1920) L'eredità di Caino (1921) Fior d'amore (1921) Caterina (1921) La maschera (1921) Il filo d'Arianna (1921) La voce del cuore (1921) Giovanna la pallida (1921) - Orazio Una notte senza domani (1921) Bolscevismo! (1922) La vittima (1922) Nero (1922) - The Apostle Il castello della malinconia (1922) Miss Dollar (1922) The Shepherd King (1923) - David Loyalty of Love (1934) - Il conte Federico Confalonieri Full Speed (1934) - Il principe Huerta - detto Bob Port (1934) - Pietro Sgamba God's Will Be Done (1936) - Il cavaliere Amendoli King of Diamonds (1936) - L'avvocato Lorenzi The Black Corsair (1937) - Van Gould, Gouverneur von Maracaibo Bayonet (1938) Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939) Processo e morte di Socrate (1939) - Il giudice Una lampada alla finestra (1940) Antonio Meucci (1940) - Alexander Graham Bell Incanto di mezzanotte (1940) - Il tenente Du Brissac & Papanin The Birth of Salome (1940) - Il re dei Parti Abandonment (1940) - Ridaud Captain Fracasse (1940) - Il principe Lucrezia Borgia (1940) - Alfonso d'Este The Mask of Cesare Borgia (1941) - Il padre di Jacopo The Last Dance (1941) - Il pittore Blanche The Black Panther (1942) - Il dottore Rosenberg The Queen of Navarre (1942) - Il marchese di Gattinara A che servono questi quattrini? (1942) - Michele La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1942) - Il divo Gioco pericoloso (1942) - Andrea Fedora (1942) - Il pianista Boleslao Lazinsky Le vie del cuore (1942) - Il duca Alberto Castellani, padre di Anna Gli ultimi filibustieri (1943) - Il governatore di Guayaquil Principessina (1943) - Il principe di Torrefranca, suo padre L'amico delle donne (1943) - De Montegre Special Correspondents (1943) - Il maggiore Alessandri Sempre più difficile (1943) - Il principe Raimondo di Falcomarzano I nostri sogni (1943) - Il direttore del 'Ragno d'Oro' La maschera e il volto (1943) - L'etereo artista Il matrimonio segreto (1943) In High Places (1945) - Emilio Buscaglione The Two Orphans (1947) - Il duca Filippo The Courier of the King (1947) The Lady of the Camellias (1947) - Giuseppe Verdi (prologue) Genoveffa di Brabante (1947) - Ambasciatore La mascotte dei diavoli blu (1947) The Charterhouse of Parma (1948) - La mari de Fausta (uncredited) Heart and Soul (1948) - Maggiore De Rossi Legge di sangue (1948) - Il capitano Letter at Dawn (1948) - Augusto Mare Nostrum (1948) - Enrico De Paoli Be Seeing You, Father (1948) - Bernardine - il critico The Earth Cries Out (1949) - Generale britannico Fabiola (1949) - Imperial Messenger Adam and Eve (1949) - Agamennone The Emperor of Capri (1949) - Osvaldo Hand of Death (1949) - senatore Tibaldi The Force of Destiny (1950) - Don Angelo Saavedra Captain Demonio (1950) - Il granduca The Gay Swordsman (1950) Toto Looks for a Wife (1950) - Giacinto His Last Twelve Hours (1950) - Il baritono Gigliosi The Bread Peddler (1950) - Étienne Castel The Cadets of Gascony (1950) - Il colonnello The Devil in the Convent (1951) - Comm. Brina Abbiamo vinto! (1951) Beauties on Bicycles (1951) - Ufficiale medico Il caimano del Piave (1951) - Senatore Double Cross (1951) - Presidente del tribunale La grande rinuncia (1951) The Counterfeiters (1951) - Maggiori The Ungrateful Heart (1951) - Presidente corte d'assise The Young Caruso (1951) - Francesco Zucchi Revenge of Black Eagle (1951) - Zar Paolo III Never Take No for an Answer (1951) - Father Superior Stasera sciopero (1951) Never Take No for an Answer (1951) - Father Superior Ha fatto tredici (1951) Free Escape (1951) Licenza premio (1951) - Conte Carlo The Mistress of Treves (1952) Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) - La Franchise Solo per te Lucia (1952) - Luciano D'Auria Milady and the Musketeers (1952) - Porthos Son of the Hunchback (1952) - Cocardasse Immortal Melodies (1952) - De Lellis, professore di musica Sins of Rome (1953) - (uncredited) The Merchant of Venice (1953) I Piombi di Venezia (1953) - Il doge Il viale della speranza (1953) - Franci The Enchanting Enemy (1953) Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953) - Tullio Valera The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) Thérèse Raquin (1953) - Le médecin Martin Toccaferro (1953) - Laurence Blomfield Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953) Condannatelo! (1953) - Il barone Mãos Estranhas (1954) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Stranger's Hand (1954) - Cretidès (segment "Lysistrata") Oh No, Mam'zelle (1954) - L'épicier Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) - Belisario The King's Prisoner (1954) - Saint-Maur Papà Pacifico (1954) - The Prosecutor The Doctor of the Mad (1954) - Il colonello The Beautiful Otero (1954) - Le grand-duc Loves of Three Queens (1954) - Segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships (uncredited) The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954) - Barone de Forté Human Torpedoes (1954) - Capitano Mauri If You Won a Hundred Million (1954) - Commendator Galloni (segment "Il tifoso") Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1954) - Il re Trieste cantico d'amore (1954) - conte di Sant'Elmo La tua donna (1954) Toto in Hell (1955) - Satana The White Angel (1955) - L'avvocato Rossi Sins of Casanova (1955) - L'inquisiteur Naná (1955) - Prince de Sardaigne Cartouche (1955) - Pedante Somos Homens Ou... (1955) - Lo psichiatra Da qui all'eredità (1955) - Commissario Dramma nel porto (1955) Altair (1956) - Colonnello Sunset in Naples (1956) Mermaid of Naples (1956) - Commendator Rossi The Knight of the Black Sword (1956) - Conte Roccofiorita Wives and Obscurities (1956) La rivale (1956) - Prefetto Maurizio Candi Mi permette babbo! (1956) - Enzo Bernard - il direttore d'orchestra Serenata al vento (1956) Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957) - Conte Koefeld Song of Naples (1957) - The Music Publisher S.O.S. Noronha (1957) - Le gouverneur (1957) - Prinz Derman Serenata a Maria (1957) The Love Specialist (1957) - (uncredited) La chiamavan Capinera... (1957) Onore e sangue (1957) - Avvocato Rossi Il Conte di Matera (1958) - Marquis Taldi Sorrisi e canzoni (1958) Dubrowsky (1959) - Fürst Werejski Prisoner of the Volga (1959) - Elagin Un canto nel deserto (1959) Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959) - Bali di Digione Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959) - Police Inspector Attack of the Moors (1959) - King of France The Cossacks (1960) - General Rasumovsky Purple Noon (1960) - Agency Director La strada dei giganti (1960) - Conrad The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960) - Comissaroff Long Night in 1943 (1960) - Avvocato Attilio Villani Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) - Rodier (uncredited) The Traffic Policeman (1960) - mons. Olivieri Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) - Re di Atene La Donna dei Faraoni (AKA: The Pharaoh's Woman) (1960) Cavalcata selvaggia (1960) Psycosissimo (1961) - The Professor of Physical Anthropology The Bacchantes (1961) - High Priest Blood Feud (1961) Laura nuda (1961) - L'amante di Adriana Rome 1585 (1961) - Cardinale Medici Vanina Vanini (1961) - Cardinale Savelli El Cid (1961) - Soldier (as Nelio Bernardi) The Trojan Horse (1961) - Agamemnon The Vengeance of Ursus (1961) - King Alteo The Corsican Brothers (1961) - Prof. Perrier Horace 62 (1962) - Napoléon Toto vs. Maciste (1962) - Faraone Ramses Lo sparviero dei Caraibi (1962) Zorro in the Court of Spain (1962) - Colonello Vargas Invasion 1700 (1962) - Geremia Caesar the Conqueror (1962) - Cicero The Avenger (1962) - Drance A Queen for Caesar (1962) - Scaurus Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Cardinal Richelieu The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) - Don Gomez Il terrore dei mantelli rossi (1963) The Swindlers (1963) - Monsignor (segment "Medico e fidanzata") Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) - Nissia's Father Hercules vs. Moloch (1963) - Asterion, High Priest Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964) - Governatore di Hermosa Thunder of Battle (1964) - Menenio Agripa I marziani hanno 12 mani (1964) - Sottosegretario esteri The Lion of Thebes (1964) - Xesostus La vendetta dei gladiatori (1964) - Tidone Three Swords for Rome (1964) - Adakir Jungle Adventurer (1965) - Grande Bramino della pagoda The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965) - Donald, Dungeon master Latin Lovers (1965) - (segment "Gli amanti latini") Captain from Toledo (1965) - Don Alfonso (uncredited) Night of Violence (1965) - Pratesi Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) - Papal envoy The Saint Lies in Wait (1966) - Cesare Pavone Wanted Johnny Texas (1967) - US Army General The Magnificent Texan (1967) - Cico Satanik (1968) - Professor Greaves Psychout for Murder (1969) - Cameriere dei Brignoli The Tigers of Mompracem (1970) - Grande Brahmano
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Important facts
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Who was Nerio Bernardi?
Italian actor (1899-1971)
When was Nerio Bernardi born?
Nerio Bernardi was born on 23 July 1899 in Bologna.
When did Nerio Bernardi die?
Nerio Bernardi died on 12 January 1971 in Rome.
What was Nerio Bernardi's occupation?
Nerio Bernardi was a film actor, voice actor and actor.
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Nerio Bernardi was Italian.
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